Grid failure led to 14,000 MW generation loss in 2 days: NTPC

NEW DELHI: Country's largest power producer NTPC today said it suffered a generation loss of 14,000 MW at the time of grid failure last week, which affected half of the country's 1.2 billion population in over 21 states.

The state-owned company would have been able to generate as mush as 14,000 MW if the Northern, Eastern and North-eastern grids had not failed.

"About 14,000 MW of generation loss was there in the two days of grid failure (July 30, 31)," CMD NTPC Arup Roy Choudhury told reporters here.

However, he did not disclose further information as the Power Ministry which constituted a committee, to look into the reasons that lead to grid failure, is yet to submit its report.